Vending-machine.



A. F. ENGLERTH.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILED MAR. 16, 1912.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914,

6 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0,, WASHINGTON, D. c.

A. P. BNGLERTH.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.16, 1912.

1,088,267. Patented Feb. 24, 1914 5 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

CDLUl-NA Macaw 00.. WAIHINOTOII, D. c.

A. F. BNGLERTH.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MARJB, 1912.

6 SHEETS-SHEET a.

COLUMBIA PMNOURAPH Cc.,wAsI-nNn'r0N, n. c.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914 A. P. ENGLERTH.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLICATION IILED'MAR. 16, 1912.

1,088,267. Patented Feb. 24, 19m

5 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

COLUMBIA PLANQGRAPH co. WASHINGTON, D. t.

A. P. ENGLERTH. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION IILED MAR. 16, 1912 Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, D. c.

TED STATES FATENT OFFICE.

ANTON F. ENGLERTI-I, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO GENERAL NOVELTY CO., INC., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

VENDING-MACHINE.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTON F. ENGLERTH, a subject of the King of Hungary, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements 1n vending machines, and has for its object the provision of a machine of this character which is of simple construction and efiicient in operation.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying my invention, Fig. 2, a top plan view of the same with the cover removed, Fig. 3, a partial section taken on line m-w of Fig. 1, Fig. 4:, a detail vertical section through the gum receptacle employed in the machine, Fig. 5, a section taken on line g i of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6, a section taken on line of Fig. 1.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawings comprises a suitable casing 1 having a cover 2 hinged to the rear side thereof and provided with a lock 3 for securing the same in closed position. A money drawer 1 is slidably mountedon the bottom of easing 1 and a slide bolt 5 is slidably mount-ed upon the rear side of casing 1 and engages a slot in drawer 4.- to hold the same in locked position. A link 7 is pivoted to the upper end of slide bolt 5 and has its upper end pivoted at 8 to the under side of cover 2 adjacent the hinge thereof, as shown in Fig. 5. By this arrangement it will be observed that, upon raising or opening cover 2, slide bolt 5 will be elevated and drawer t unlocked. lVhen cover 2 has been swung to a vertical position, link 7 will contact with the rear of casing 1 and prevent further swinging of said cover and hold the same in open position.

Three balance levers 9, 10, and 11 are mounted on suitable standards in casing 1 and provided at their rear ends with tiltable scale pans 12, 13 and .14. These scale pans overhang the forward edges of coin Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 16, 1912.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Serial N 0. 684,220.

said forward sides of said troughs. The

balance levers 9, 10 and 11 are so weighted and balanced that they will normally rest in the position shown in the drawings, but upon the deposit of a coin in the corresponding scale pan, the rear end thereof will be depressed until said scale pan rests upon the top of the forward side of the corresponding trough, a explained above. Inclined coin chutes 18, 19 and 20 are arranged over balance levers 9, 10 and 11 respectively and are provided at their upper ends with elongated openings 20 in the bottoms thereof, said openings being slightly narrower than the bottoms of the troughs, which are made of a size to snugly receive the coin for operating the device. At their lower ends each of the chutes 18, 19 and 20 is provided with a discharge opening 19 located over the corresponding scale pan and adapted to deposit a coin therein. An incline 21 is arranged under each of the openings 20 and leads to a discharge opening 22 in the front wall of casing 1. A housing 28 is arranged over the upper end of each of the coin chutes 18, 19 and 20 and a coin slot 2 1 is provided in the front wall of casing 1 to permit the insertion of a coin into the upper portion of housing 23. By this arrangement it will be observed that upon insertion of a proper coin in one of the openings 24, the same will slide down the corresponding chute and be deposited in the corresponding scale pan. Should a smaller slug or counterfeit be inserted, the same will fall through the corresponding opening 20 and thus be discharged through opening 22. When the coin is deposited in the corresp onding scale pan, the rear end of the corre-' sponding balance lever will be depressed until the corresponding scale pan rests upon the forward side of the corresponding coin trough.

A gum receptacle 25 s removably mounted in one corner of casing 1, being held in position by means of guides 26 engaging suitable flanges provided 011 the side of said receptacle at each end as shown in Fig. 2. A stack of sticks of gum 27 is arranged in receptacle 25 and a weight 28 is placed upon the top of said stack. Weight 28 is provided with a spring catch 28 at each end,

and the receptacle 25 is provided with notches 25" adapted to engage springs 28 to prevent upward movements of said weight, this provision being made to insure the downward feed of the sticks of gum and to prevent said sticks of gum from turning up on edge in case of agitation of the casing 1. Receptacle 25 is slotted at the bottom of its rear and forward sides to permit the passage of a slide member 29 into the lower rear portion of the receptacle and the passage of the bottom-most stick of gum from the forward side thereof, and the front side of easing v1 is slotted at 30 to permit the protrusion of a portion of said stick of gum for delivery thereof. By this arrangement it will be observed that upon reciprocation of slide member 29, the bottom-most stick of gum will be projected through opening 30'for removal thereof by the purchaser.

The movements of slide member .29 are effected by means of a slide member 31 ar ranged parallel thereto and connected therewith at its rear end as shown in Fig. 4. Slide member 31 extends at its forward end through a suitable slot in the front wall of easing 1 andis provided with an upwardly turned flange 32 to facilitate manipulations thereof. A suitable spring 33 serves to normally hold said slide member 31 in rearward or retracted position. Slide member 31 is provided with an elongated slot 34 which engages the lower end of a vertically slidable stop member 35 pivotally connected with the rear end of balance lever 9. A wedge shaped cam member 36 is secured to slide 31 just behind slide 34 and in position to engage the lower end of stop 35 upon forward movement of slide 31.

The arrangement of parts is such that when the rear end of lever 9 is depressed so that scale pan 12 rests upon the forward side of trough 15, stop 35 has been sufliciently elevated to clear slide 31 and permit forward movement thereof. Upon forward move ment of slide 31, however, cam member 36 engages the lower end of stop 35 and elevates the same, thus further depressing the rear end of balance lever 9 and causing scale pan 12 to tilt rearwardly to spill or discharge the coin therefrom into trough 15. Such forward movement of slide 31 causes slide member29 to contact with the rear end of the bottom-most stick of gum in receptacle 25 and push the forward end of said stick out of slot 30 to permit of its removal. Upon release of slide member 31, spring 33 retracts the same and slide member 29 passes y from under the stack of gum and permits the stack to descend until another stick of gum 1s resting in posit1on for discharge. By

'making the slot 34 elongated in form as shown, stop 35 will pass into said slot before the end of slide member 29 passes from under the stack of sticks of gum, thus preventing operation of slide member 31 to discharge another stick of gum, without depositing another coin in the proper coin slot.

A shutter 37 is pivoted to the inner side of the front wall of easing 1 and projects through a suitable slot in corresponding housing 23 and is weighted to normally swing to a position closing the opening 24 for coin chute 1S. Shutter 37 is provided with a downwardly and inwardly extending lever arm 38 which is provided with a nose 29 arranged to contact with the bottom-most stick of gum in receptacle and maintain shutter 37 in open position. Weight 28 is provided with a notch 39 registering with nose 39 when said weight rests upon the bottom of receptacle 25, so as to permit nose 39 to swing into said notch when said nose is in registration therewith. By this arrangement when the last stick of gum is exhausted from receptacle 25 and weight 28 rests upon the bottom thereof, nose 39 will swing into notch 39 and thus permit shutter 37 to swing to closed position to prevent introduction of a coin through the corresponding coin slot 24.

A peanut reservoir 40 is arranged in casing 1 upon a suitable support 41 which is provided with a discharge opening 42 in registration with the discharge spout of said reservoir. A slide 43 is mounted in casing 1 and is provided with a cup or receptacle 44 normally registering with discharge opening 42 and normally filled with peanuts from reservoir 40, and a discharge opening 45 is provided in the bottom of easing 1 in position to register with the bottom of cup 44 when slide 43 is at its most forward position. A suitable spring 46 serves to maintain slide 43 normally in its rearmost position and slide 43 projects through a suitable slot in the front wall of easing 1 and is provided at its forward end with an upwardly turned flange 47 which facilitates manipulations of said slide. Cup 44 carries a sealing plate 44 extending rearwardly therefrom and adapted to pass over discharge opening 42 when cup 44 is drawn forwardly, to seal said discharge opening and prevent further discharge of peanuts therefron'i. A flat spring 48 is secured to the bottom of easing 1 under slide 43 to maintain cup 44 and seal ing plate 44 in close engagement with the bottom of standard 41 so as to prevent the entry of salt, which is usually on the pea.- nuts, to the joints between said parts or between the bottom of cup 44 and said spring 48. At its forward end lever 10 is provided with a stop 49 set in the path of a. projection 50 on the side of slide 43, and said projection 50 is provided with a wedge-shaped cam member 51 positioned to contact with the lower end of stop member 49 when slide 43 is drawn forwardly. By this arrangement when a coin is deposited in scale pan 13 as before, balance lever 10 is tilted to permit forward movement of slide 43 until cup 44 comes in registration with discharge opening 45, whereupon the contents thereof will be discharged. Upon this forward movement of slide 43, cam member 51 comes in contact with the lower end of stop 49 and forces the forward end of lever 10 upwardly, thus depressing the rear end and discharging the coin from scale pan 13 as before.

A delivery cup 52 is pivoted in a hanger 53 secured to the bottom of casing 1 and is so balanced as to normally assume the position shown in Fig. 5. Said delivery cup is provided with a stop 54 adapted to contact with hanger 53 to limit the swing ofsaid cup in one direction. Cup 52 is provided on its bottom with a projection 55 adapted to be engaged by the fingers to press the lower forward portion of cup 52 rearwardly, thus elevating the rearward portion of said cup to discharge peanuts therefrom into the hand. Thus, it will be seen that upon the deposit of a suitable coin in the corresponding coin slot 44, slide 43 may be operated to deliver charge of peanuts.

A match box receptacle 56 is removably mounted in suitable guides 56 in the forward corner of the box opposite to gum receptacle 25. Receptacle 56 is divided by a central partition 57 into two match box compartments, the lower portion of said partition being slotted at 58 and the lower portion of both the front and rear walls of said receptacle being similarly slotted to provide a passage across the bottom of said receptacle. Said compartments are filled with stacks of match boxes 59 and a substantially T-shaped weight 60 is placed in the rear compartment on top of the stack of boxes therein. Weight 60 has a stem 61 projecting rearwardly through a vertical slot 62 in the rear wall of receptacle 56. Stem 61 carries a stud 63 adapted to engage a perforation 64 in the end of a slide member 65, when the match boxes are removed from the rear compartment and weight 60 descends to the bottom of said compartment. Receptacle 56 is provided with a forwardly swinging door 66 normally closing the slot in the forward wall thereof, but adapted to swingupwardly to permit the passage of a match box from the forward compartment of receptacle 56, the front wall of casing 1 being provided with a slot 66 to permit the protrusion and removal of a match box. A guard 67 is provided at the lower forward inner edge of receptacle 56 to prevent tampering with door 66 through opening 66. By this arrangement it will be observed that upon forward movement of slide 65, the bottom-most box in the rear compartment of receptacle 56 will be pushed forward, and will in turn discharge the bottom-most box in the forward compartment, the bottom-most box originally in the rear compartment assuming the position of said discharged box in the forward compartment. Then, upon return movement of slide 65, the stack of boxes in the rear compartment will descend, thus placing another box in front of slide 65. Upon the next forward movement of slide 65, the bottom-most box in the forward compartment will again be discharged and the bottom-most box in the rear compartment take its place, so that after the first dis charge, each subsequent movement will discharge a box originally in the rear compartment, until said compartment is empty and weight 60 descends to the bottom thereof. When weight 60 descends to the bottom of said rear compartment, stud 63 engages perforation 64 and automatically locks weight 60 to the end of slide 65, whereupon weight 60 performs the same function as the bottom-most box in the rear compartment did before, to discharge the bottom-most box in the forward compartment, and this action will be continued as long as there are boxes in the forward compartment. Slide 65 is connected to and carried by another slide 68 which is held in normally retracted position 5 by means of a suitable spring 69. Slide 68 projects forwardly through a suitable slot in the front wall of easing 1 and is provided at its forward end with an tip-turned flange 70 adapted to facilitate manipulations thereof. Balance lever 11 carries a stop 71 engaging an elongated slot 72 in slide 68, said slide 68 being also provided with a wedgeshaped cam member 73. Stop 71, slot 72 and cam member 7 3 operate precisely in the same manner as the similar parts 35, 24 and 36 on slidemember 31 and need no further description here, it will be suflicient to state that these parts coiiperate as before to lock slide 68 normally against operation but to permit of such operation upon insertion of a suitable coin in the corresponding coin slot 24.

A shutter 74 and arm 7 5 are provided for the opening 24 corresponding to slide 68, the lower end of arm 7 5 projecting through a slot 76 in the inner side wall of receptacle 56 to contact with the bottom-most box in the forward compartment thereof. Shutter 74 is so weighted as to swing normally to position to close the corresponding slot 24, so that when the last box of matches is discharged, the lower end of arm 7 5 swings inwardly to permit shutter 74 to assume closing position. Thus it appears that upon the deposit of a suitable coin in the proper coin slot 24, a box of matches may be withdrawn for each of such coins deposited, and that when the supply becomes exhausted, the shutter 74 will automatically close the cor- I 77 and so positioned that when casing 1 is tilted rearwardly, stop 77 will swing over abutment 78 and thus prevent operation of the corresponding balance lever through such tilting of casing 1.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but

desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as com within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A vending machine comprising delivering mechanism; a balance lever arranged to lock said mechanism against operation but to be partially operated by the weight of a coin to release said mechanism; a tilting scale pan on the operative arm of'said lever; means for directing a coin into said pan; a swinging stop on said lever adja cent said pan; an abutment in said casing adapted to engage said swinging stop upon rearward tilting of the device; and automatic means for tilting said scale pan to discharge said coin upon operation of said delivering mechanism, substantially as described.

2. A vending machine comprising a casing; a coin trough mounted in said casing; a balance lever adapted to be partially operated by the weight of a coin and having one end] over-hanging one side of said trough; a tiltable scale pan on said overhanging end, there being a slot in the side of said trough adapted to receive said lever and permit the bottom of said pan to con tact with said trough side to tilt the same;

one end over-hanging one side of said trough; a t-iltable scale pan on said overhanging end, there being a slot in the side of said trough adapted to receive said lever and permit the bottom of said pan to contact with said trough side to tilt the same; a slide in said casing arranged to deliver articles to be sold; a stop on the other end of said lever arranged to prevent operation of said slide; a coin chute in said casing adapted to direct a coin into said scale pan; and a cam member on said slide adapted to contact with said stop for further operation of said lever to tilt said pan, substantially as described.

4:. A vending machine comprising a casing; a coin trough mounted in said casing; a balance lever adapted to be partially operated by the weight of a coin and having one end over-hangin one side of said trough; a tiltable scale pan on said overhanging end, there being a slot in the side of said trough adapted to receive said lever and permit the bottom of said pan to contact with said trough side to tilt the same; a slide in said casing arranged to deliver articles to be sold; a stop on the other end of said lever arranged to permit some movement but prevent complete operation of said slide; a coin chute in said casing adapted to direct a coin into said scale pan; and means on said slide for further operation of said lever to tilt said pan, substantially as described.

5. A vending machine comprising a casing; a coin trough mounted in said casing; a balance lever adapted to be partially operated by the weight of a coin and having one end over-hanging one side of said trough; a tiltable scale pan on said overhanging end, there being a slot in the side of said trough adapted to receive said lever and permit the bottom of said pan to contact with said trough side to tilt the same; a slide in said casing arranged to deliver articles to be sold; a stop on the other end of said lever arranged to permit some movement but prevent complete operation of said slide; a coin chute in said casing adapted to direct a coin into said scale pan; and a cam member on said slide adapted to contact with said stop for further operation of said lever to tilt said pan, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTON F. ENGLERTH.

Witnesses JOSHUA R. H. Porrs, ARTHUR A. OLsoN.

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